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Chile Seafoods Punta Arenas

For Chile Seafoods, the XII Region is an important development point in its expansion plan. This is why they have taken action lines to boost the growth of the company's presence in the region with professional and infrastructure improvements.

Since this September Hans Fuchser Oportus has joined the Chile Seafoods team, assuming the position of Plant Manager of XII region. Hans has lived most of his life in Punta Arenas. He studied Engineering in Business Administration with a major in Marketing; the last 6 years he has worked in AGROSUPER as branch chief of Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales.

About Hans Fuchser vision of the company he says: "I think I came at the right time, I see a lot of projection in Chile Seafoods with clear business goals of quality and growth. I have noticed that there is closeness, adaptability and trust with the management team".

Today Chile Seafoods in the XII region is in a stage of professionalization of its plants, cost optimization and searching for the optimal structure that achieves the highest efficiency at each harvest season. "One of the biggest challenges is to accurately plan, because the industry is very dynamic and variable. Also we are in a process of growth, launching a second production plant” says Fuchser.

A year ago, a plant in Amarillo Canyon, at the entrance of Punta Arenas was bought. As soon as it was bought the remodeling of the plant began, which includes its expansion to double its capacity, with 2 freezing tunnels and an optimal layout for the processes to be carried out. It is estimated that around 100 people will operate there and that the opening will be in March.

Regarding the projection and challenges of the plants in Punta Arenas, the Plant Manager of the XII Region says it will be a tremendous challenge, especially in the strongest season, the sea urchin season: "We have very aggressive production budgets and history has shown that we can. This is a challenge we are attacking from now. The short time that Chile Seafoods has been in the region, it has already given people something to talk about and we hope to position our brand in the regional industry”.

Team Work and Company Day

On September 25th and 26th Chile Seafoods conducted the coaching workshop "Effective Teamwork". The activity aimed to encourage and enhance communication and collaboration among teams. The day after the coaching came "Company Day", where each area presented in front of their peers. Punta Arenas was present at the meeting with the participation of Hans Fuchser and part of his team.

"While I had only been in the company a few weeks, I think that it was a very successful day, that there was closeness and honesty among everbody. For me, it was also an excellent opportunity to meet most of the members of this organization", says Fuchser.